The above links only will last for 30 days, but these below will
live more permanently in the WOSSNAME Yahoogroups files section,
although you have to sign in to Yahoogroups to see them:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WOSSNAME/files/

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6) IMAGE OF THE MONTH

The Quirm Floral Clock, by Paul Kidby!

http://www.paulkidby.net/Floralclock.jpg

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7) RADIO DAZE: A CLASSIC PODCAST OF GUARDS! GUARDS!

The Atlanta Radio Theatre Company (ARTC) is presenting, with
permission, ARTC Podcast 51 -- a podcast of its 2001 live
performance of the ARTC adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Guards!
Guards!, featuring the "super-special" guest voice of John Rhys-
Davies (effectively making it a hat trick for the Discworld-Lord of
the Rings connection this month!). This will be presented in two
parts, in conjunction with Dragon Con 2007 which will run from 31st
August to 3rd September:

About the ARTC:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Radio_Theatre_Company

About Dragon Con:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DragonCon

Dragon Con's website:
http://www.dragoncon.org/

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8) MAKING MAGIC: A SPY'S-EYE VIEW

Jason Anthony of Discworld Monthly recently visited the set of The
Colour of Magic. He's forbidden to tell much about it yet (upon pain
of pain, no doubt...), but his blog entry is here:

http://tinyurl.com/3b89my

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9) HERRYDETERRY TALENT: RHIANNA PRATCHETT INTERVIEW

Jem Alexander of online gaming 'zine Joystiq interviews Heavenly
Sword's Rhianna Pratchett. Who is, of course, the Master's daughter
and an award-winning games writer in her own right:

"My dad was very techy and into computers, electronics, robots and
that kind of thing. He'd bring something that clicked and whirred
home and I was an only child so, of course, I was fascinated with
whatever my dad was doing. Games were only really becoming
commercial then and maybe he thought it was quite cute to get his
six year old daughter playing a game where she would run around with
a sword killing giant bugs..."

The entire interview can be found at:

http://tinyurl.com/2jv6zq

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10) THE REAL GRANNY ACHING - OR ONE OF THEM...

"Only sixty years ago - I say only, but sixty years is a long time
and I never want to know what sixty years feels like; but I suppose
it is short really, and well within the living memory of the
standard Grandmother - sixty or so years ago, there was a
shepherdess in North Yorkshire. Shepherdess is a poor word for her!
It is a word that gives me a picture of a well set up young woman,
with porcelain skin and good teeth, a pretty pinafore and a
cleavage. She was none of that..."

Jake's blog is well worth reading! Here's the story of the
shepherdess:
http://www.jakethackray.com/content/view/277/51/

Lyrics to Old Molly Metcalfe, the song about the shepherdess, can be
found here: http://www.jakethackray.com/content/view/81/26/

Special thanks to Mrs Cake of Bugarup University for pointing
this one out!

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11) PROVING THAT ROUNDWORLD IS...ROUND?

by the Applegate Ranch Gang

In 1931, Wilbur Glenn Voliva of Zion, Illinois posted a curious
challenge. Wilbur believed wholeheartedly that our world is flat --
believed it so wholeheartedly that he posted a USD$5,000 reward --
quite a tidy sum in those days -- to be awarded to anyone who could
conclusively prove him wrong! From the original article in Modern
Mechanics:

"Many have tried to claim the $5,000-and all have failed. The catch
is that your proof must not start with the assumption that the world
is round, or rather a globe, for Voliva believes the world is round,
but a round, flat disc rather than a sphere. Without that basic
premise that the earth is spherical no one has found an absolutely
convincing proof that Voliva is wrong when he describes his disc-
shaped world, firmly planted on its foundations, surrounded by a
wall of ice to keep mariners from falling off the edge, and
surmounted by a crystal dome in which the stars are hung like
chandeliers to light the night. Nor can you submit proof to
absolutely disprove the belief of Voliva that the sun, instead of
being an 800,000 mile ball of fire more than ninety millions of
miles away is really a fairly insignificant affair, only some 27 to
30 miles in diameter and about 3,000 miles above the earth. Or that
the sun and moon move in orbits while the earth stands still, that
the moon is about the same size as the sun and the same distance
from the earth, shines by its own light, and moves in much the same
orbit as the sun."

Sound familiar? Have to wonder if Pterry ever came across these
obscure oddities. The article went on to say:

"Ever hear of Orlando Ferguson? Ferguson, a resident of Hot Springs,
South Dakota, designed a weird and wonderful map back in 1893 which
showed a square world, with an angel seated on each of the four
corners. The inhabitable or known world was not, however, flat. The
central section, comprising what we know as the northern hemisphere,
was convex, curving downward from the central "north pole" to the
equator, while the southern hemisphere was concave, curving upward
from the equator to the rim. The shape was much like a soup plate
with a raised center."

We live at Hot Springs, SD, and have seen a copy of Ferguson's map
on the wall at the H.S. Historical Museum, but until today, had
never been able to find out any further information. At the time, I
didn't connect it with Discworld, because of the original 'inverted
bowl' design. Unlike the usual 'flat earthers' concepts, these
include the crystal sphere & tiny sun orbiting. All that is missing
is Great A'Tuin & the elephants!

The original article (nine pages) is reprinted here:

http://tinyurl.com/2drng3

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12) ACTION REPLAY 1: LORDS AND LADIES FAN FILM

Sometimes even amateurs can get it so right...in essence...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2WlmsLni84

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13) ACTION REPLAY 2: SOME EXCELLENT PTERRY INTERVIEWS

Interview with Mark Lawson, parts 1 and 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs2BqxjVBCc

Pterry letting his hair - well, hat - down at the Schweibenwelt
Festival:

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